OSKALOOSA EARLY CHILDHOOD & RECREATION CENTER UPDATE

Oskaloosa early childhood & recreation center update

The Oskaloosa City Council held a study session last week on a 28E agreement between the City and Oskaloosa School District to build an early childhood and recreation center.  The Oskaloosa School Board approved the agreement the week before last.  Oskaloosa Mayor David Krutzfeldt says the City Council will vote on the agreement at its January 7 meeting.  “And so I expect that that will pass.  But bear in mind, this is just the funding agreement.  So what comes next is the design of the building. And then after the design comes the engineer’s estimate of what it’s going to cost.  And if you’ve been paying attention to construction inflation for the last couple, three years,  we’re anticipating that there’s going to be more difficult decisions made, not unlike what we went through when we built the fire station.”

In 2016, Oskaloosa voters approved a one cent local option sales and services tax, with 3/4 of the proceeds being used to build the center.  The Mahaska County YMCA would operate the center.  The project is expected to cost around $20 million.

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